Abstract: A stuffing comprises a plurality of preferably loosely disposed individual stuffing elements of an elastic material. Each stuffing element is shaped as a thin foil-like sheet with at least one curvature. The stuffing is formed from a starting object which preferably comprises a plastic material that is worked in a cold or a hot state to form the stuffing elements. Various semi-manufactured articles of plastics, such as foils, sheets and rods may be used as the stuffing material, and the stuffing elements may moreover be produced directly from a plastics granulate. The stuffing is advantageously used for bedclothes such as eiderdowns and pillows, mattresses, upholstered furniture, and as insulation in houses and thermal installations in general.